Trousers-protector.



A. MARCELLL TROUSERS PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED res. 25. IeIs.

l ,21 1,472; Patented l Jan. 9, 1917.

@NITE ANTHONY MARCELLI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 9, it?.

Application filed February 25, 1916. Serial N o. 80,375.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ANTHONY MARCELLI, asubject of the King of Italy, residing at New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrousers-Protectors, of which t-he following is a full, clear, and eX-act specification.

This invention relates to trousers protectors, and has for its object toprovide means for preventing the bottoms of trousers from becomingsplashed and soiled by water and mud in wet weather. As the rearportions of the bottoms of the legs of the trousers are the parts mostapt to become splashed, special provision is made in the formation ofthe invention to protect such parts.

Another object is to produce protectors of this kind which may be easilyattached to the bottoms of the trousers and quickly detached when theiruse is no longer required.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, andthen more specifically defined in the cla-im at the end of thedescription.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters areused to designate corresponding parts throughout the several viewsFigure 1 is a side view of the bottom of one leg of a pair of trousers,showing a protector made substantially in accordance with this inventionattached thereto. Fig. 2 is a section on the line II-II of Fig. 1, andFig. 3 is a detailed inner face view of the protector as it appears whenspread out flat.

Referring more particularly to the draw'- ings, 1 designates the bottomportion of one leg of a pair of trousers having the usual culi'I 2.y Ifthe trousers are not finished with cuffs at the bottom, they may betemporarily formed by turning up the bottom of each leg for the purposeof attaching the protectors.

The protector is formed with an upwardly extending rear portion 3 andforwardly extending portions 4 adapted to meet at the front crease ofthe trousers. Said protector may be made of mercerized or rubber coatedmaterial thick enough or stift enough to make the upwardly extendingportion 3 stand up in the position shown when in use. Along the bottomof the protector there is an inwardly and upwardly turned fold 5 of thematerial adapted to be arranged inside the bottom edge of the cuff 2.

The protector is supported in proper p0- sition by a number of hooks 6secured to the inner face of the protector and adapted to be engagedwith the upper edge of the cuff as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It will benoted Y that the inwardly turned fold 5 prevents the protector fromworking up out of proper position.

rIhe front ends of the portions 4 are secured together by a hook 7attached to one of said portions and an eye 8 attached to the other ofsaid portions 4. It will be understood of course that other suitablefastening means may be employed instead of the hooks and eye.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

The combination with trousers having cuffs on their bottoms, of aprotector to envelop said cuHed bottoms, and hooks on the inner face ofthe protector for engaging the upper edge of the cuff to support saidprotector in proper position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication.

ANTHONY MARCELLI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

